ROBERT M. LEEKLEY

CURRENT POSITION:

Associate Professor of Economics
Illinois Wesleyan University

ADDRESS:

Department of Economics
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900

Phone: (309) 556-3178
Fax:     (309) 556-1719
Email:  bleekley@iwu.edu
Web:   http://iwu.edu/~bleekley

EDUCATION:

BA     Economics, Carleton College, 1967
MA    Economics, Michigan State University, 1968
PhD   Economics, Michigan State University, 1974
          Dissertation: "A Multiple Output Approach to Public Education"

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, 1967-68, 1971-74
Instructor to Associate Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1974-

TEACHING:

Normal Responsibilities:

• Introduction to Economics
• Statistics for Business and Economics
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Applied Econometrics
• Advanced Research Seminar / Independent Study / Honors Research

Other Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Computing
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• Managerial Economics
• Public Finance
• Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
• Mathematical Economics

Successful Honors Projects Chaired:

• R. Lee Christie (1981)
• Julie Brewer (1984)
• Jane L. Chadesh (1990)
• Ossi Saarinen (1994)
• Bradley C. Comincioli (1995)
• Kara Joy Rocheleau (1995)
• Joshua D. Yount (1995)
• Susan E. Brown (1996)
• Brett A. Roush (1997)
• Robin Meers (2000)
• Amber Munday (2001)
• Katherine Hampson (2002)
• David Janashvili (2002)
• Melinda Mannlein (2002)
• Alexis Manning (2004)
• Xun Bian (2005)
• Adam Gray (2006)
• John Haugen (2006)
• Brian Jbara (2007)
• Elizabeth Taylor (2008)
• Karen Peterson (2009)
• Kevin Slattery (2009)
• Amanda Clayton (2010)
• Lindsey Haines (2010)
• Teodora Petrova (2010)
• John Sacranie (2010)

DEPARTMENTAL & UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Chair, Department of Economics, 1998-01, Spring 2003 (Acting), 2005-09

Student Advising:

• Pre-Major and Major Advisor, 1974-
• Summer Orientation Advisor, 1982-85, 1989, 1991, 1993
• Advisor, The IWU Economics Society, 1991-92
• Advisor, The Park Place Economist, 1995-
• Advisor, The IWU Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honorary), 1998-01, Spring 2003, 2005-09

Computer-Related Committees:

• Computer Users Committee, 1976-80
• CAUSE Project Advisory Committee, 1980-83
• Computer Education Committee, 1980-90
  • Secretary, 1985-86, 1988-89
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Subcommittees, 1984, 1986-87
• Academic Computing Committee, 1990-96
• Network Task Force, 1995-96
• Search Committee for the Director of Information Technology, Chair, 1996
• Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable, 1996-
  • Chair, 1999-2000

Faculty Governance Committees and Task Forces:

• Curriculum Council (elected), 1977-79, 1981-83, 1989-90, 2000-02
  • Secretary, 1978-79, 1981-82
  • Chair, Academic Standards Subcommittee, 1982-83, 1989-90, 2000-02
• Nominating Committee (elected), 1986-88, 1995-97, 2006-07
  • Secretary, 1987-88
  • Chair, 1995-97
• Ad Hoc Semester-Hour Task Force, Chair, 1989-90
• Ad Hoc Task Force on Salary Standards, Chair, 1991-92
• Academic Appeals Board (elected), 1992-1994
• Advisor's Coordinating Committee, Chair, 1993-96
• Hearing Committee (elected), 2002-04, 2010-

Miscellaneous:

• Admissions Committee, 1976-79, 2004-05
• Committee on the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, 1977-79
• Secretary of the Faculty, 1979-80
• Environmental Studies Advisory Committee, 1998-
• Truman Scholarship Committee, 1999-2003, 2005-06
• Several Faculty Search Committees
  • Chair, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL WORK:

Computer Software:

• "The Basic Stat Disk: Programs for Statistical Analysis," 1984-85

Institutional Research:

• "The National Standardized Exam Scores of Illinois Wesleyan Seniors," 1977.
• "The Illinois Wesleyan University Admissions Research Program: A Review," 1986.
• "Faculty Resources: Investment in Present Education--Investment in Future Education," with Margaret Chapman, 1988.
• "The ACT COMP Test: An Assessment of an Assessment Tool," with Yuet Wei Wan, 1993.
• "Illinois Wesleyan University Faculty Compensation," 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004.

Internal Presentations:

• "An SPSS Workshop," with Susan Anderson Freed, 1979 (a series of presentations to IWU faculty on using SPSS for research).
• "The Economics of the Party Platforms," 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 (quadrennial presentations geared to the IWU "Elections" class).
• "Illinois Wesleyan University Faculty Compensation," 1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004 (occasional presentations sponsored by the IWU AAUP).

Conference Presentations:

• "The Determinants of Black and White Family Income in SMSAs: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," with Michael C. Seeborg, at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, 1990.
• "Estimating the Risk of Third World Debt," with Jane Chadesh, at the Annual Meetings of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, 1991.

Conference Session Chair/Discussant:

• "State and Local Public Finance," at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association, Minneapolis, 2007.

Reviews:

• Manuscript for a text by John E. Hanke and Arthur G. Reitsch, Fundamentals of Business Statistics (Columbus: Merrill, 1986), for Merrill, 1983.
• Prospectus for a text, Intermediate Microeconomics, for Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
• Manuscript for a text, Basic Statistics for Business and Economics, for McGraw-Hill, 1990.
• Manuscript for a text, Public Finance: Principles and Policy, for Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.

Research Publications:

• "Multiple Outputs and Community Choice in Public Education," Economic Inquiry 18 (July 1980): 333-352.
• "Estimating the Risk of Third World Debt," with Jane Chadesh, The Journal of Economics 17 (1991): 129-135.
• "Income and Poverty Across SMSAs: A Two-Stage Analysis," with Michael C. Seeborg, Eastern Economic Journal 19 (Winter 1993): 43-58.

Textbook Publication:

• Applied Statistics for Business and Economics, CRC Press, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• American Economic Association
• Midwest Economics Association
• Southern Economic Association
• Western Economic Association
• Omicron Delta Epsilon (Scholastic Honorary in Economics)
• Phi Kappa Phi (Scholastic Honorary)

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